Sealife guideThe yellowsaddle goatfishParupeneus cyclostomus
Taxonomy
- Common name: Yellowsaddle goatfish, gold-saddle goatfish
- French name: Rouget barbet doré
- Scientific name: Parupeneus cyclostomus (Lacepède, 1801)
- Family name: Mullidae
- Order name: Mulliformes
- Class name: Actinopterygii

The yellowsaddle goatfish (Parupeneus cyclostomus) © Orlandin | Dreamstime.com
Within the same genus

Doublebar goatfish
(Parupeneus trifasciatus)
(Parupeneus trifasciatus)

Manybar goatfish
(Parupeneus multifasciatus)
(Parupeneus multifasciatus)
Within the same family

Spotted goatfish
(Pseudupeneus maculatus)
(Pseudupeneus maculatus)

Freckled goatfish
(Upeneus tragula)
(Upeneus tragula)
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